EP
Creeping Death / Jump in the Fire
Creeping Death / Jump in the Fire is a Metallica EP that Music for Nations issued in the UK and Europe in November 1987. It pairs two songs that share a place in the band's early story: Creeping Death is from Ride the Lightning (1984), and Jump in the Fire is from the debut, Kill 'Em All (1983).
It arrived between Master of Puppets (1986) and …And Justice for All (1988), so it sits in the gap between two of the band's most important albums. For anyone tracing how Metallica moved from their first record to the more ambitious work that followed, it is a handy little reminder of both ends of that early run.
Creeping Death / Jump in the Fire: tracklist and credits
6 tracks · 34:43Tracklist
- 1Creeping DeathBurton, Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich6:38
- 2Am I Evil?Sean Harris and Brian Tatler7:52
- 3BlitzkriegJones, Ross, Sirotto3:36
- 4Jump in the FireHetfield, Mustaine, Ulrich4:42
- 5Seek and DestroyJames Hetfield and Lars Ulrich7:03
- 6Phantom LordMustaine, Hetfield, Ulrich4:51
- Produced by
- Metallica, Mark Whitaker, Paul Curcio
- Executive producer
- Jon Zazula
- Recorded at
- Sweet Silence Studios, Ron McGovney’s Garage, Music America Studios
- Recorded
- March 1982 – March 1984
- Mixed at
- Sweet Silence Studios, Music America Studios
- Engineered by
- Flemming Rasmussen, Jeffrey Norman, Chris Bubacz, Andy Wroblewski
- Label
- Music for Nations
- Length
- 34:43
Line-up
- Cliff Burton · electric bass guitar, bass
- Kirk Hammett · electric guitar, guitar
- James Hetfield · electric guitar, lead vocals, guitar, vocals
- Lars Ulrich · drums (drum set)
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| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 23 November 1987 | |
| UK / Europe release | 23 November 1987 | earliest UK or European date |
14 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | GB | Music for Nations | 5016583711221 | other |
| — | FR | Music for Nations | 5016583711221 | other |
| — | GB | Music for Nations | 5016583711221 | other |
| 1987 | GB | Music for Nations | other | |
| 23 November 1987 | GB | Music for Nations | original | |
| 1990 | DE | Vertigo | 042284221924 | other |
| 1990 | GB | Phonogram | 042284221924 | other |
| 1990 | XC | Popron Music | other | |
| 1990 | AU | Vertigo | 042284221924 | other |
| 1990 | NZ | Vertigo | 042284221924 | other |
| 1990 | FR | Vertigo | 042284221924 | other |
| 1990 | GB | Vertigo | other | |
| 1990 | NZ | Vertigo | other | |
| — | — | Music for Nations | other |
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